alternatives to
Adobe's photo catalog and non-destructive raw developer for organizing, editing and exporting photographs. A closed product from Adobe.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| darktable | Partial | 13k | GPL-3.0 | Open source | No | C | release-5.6.2 | 2026-10-06 |
| RapidRAW | Partial | 10k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | No | TypeScript | v1.6.4 | 2026-10-06 |
| RawTherapee | Partial | 4.2k | GPL-3.0 | Open source | No | C++ | 5.13 | 2026-10-06 |
| Filmulator | Partial | 765 | Other | Open source | No | C++ | v0.12.0 | 2026-07-05 |
| vkdt | Partial | 613 | BSD-2-Clause | Open source | No | C | 1.0.0 | 2026-10-05 |
5 alternatives
darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer
Non-destructive raw development and a photo catalog with its own workflow; the project says it is not a Lightroom replacement.
A beautiful, non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind.
Non-destructive, GPU-accelerated raw editing with masks on desktop and Android, browsing folders rather than a catalog, without cloud sync.
A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program
Raw development with detailed demosaicing control, without digital asset management, printing or uploading.
Filmulator --- Simplified raw editing with the power of film
Raw import, a photo library and a short set of film-simulation development tools, much narrower than Lightroom's develop module.
raw photography workflow that sucks less
GPU-processed raw development graph and a light table, with its own workflow and no cloud sync.